City: Syria
Capital
and largest city: Damascus
33°30′N 36°18′E / 33.500°N 36.300°E / 33.500; 36.300
Official languages: Arabic
Ethnic groups: Syrian Arabs
Arameans
Kurds
Turkomans
Assyrians
Circassians
Armenians
Religion: 87% Islam
10% Christianity
3% Druzism
Government: Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• President: Bashar al-Assad
• Prime Minister: Imad Khamis
• Speaker of the People's Council: Hammouda Sabbagh
Legislature: People's Council
Establishment• Proclamation of Arab Kingdom of Syria: 8 March 1920
• State of Syria established under French Mandate: 1 December 1924
• Syrian Republic established by merger of States of Jabal Druze, Alawites and Syria: 1930
• Independence (Joint UN / French Mandate ended): 24 October 1945
• Last French
troops leave: 17 April 1946
• Secession from the
United Arab Republic: 28 September 1961
• Ba'ath party
takes power: 8 March 1963
• Current constitution: 27 February 2012
Area• Total: 185,180 km (71,500 sq mi) (87th)
• Water (%): 1.1
Population• July 2014 estimate: 17,064,854 (54th)
• Density: 118.3/km (306.4/sq mi) (101st)
GDP (PPP): 2010 estimate
• Total: $107.831 billion
• Per capita: $5,040
GDP (nominal): 2010 estimate
• Total: $59.957 billion
• Per capita: $2,802
Gini (2014): 55.8
high
HDI (2016): 0.536
low · 149th
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST): EEST (UTC+3)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +963
ISO 3166 code: SY
Internet TLD: .sy
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